What does Quran 44:3 mean?

Quran 44:3 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan, Ayah 3) translates to: "Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night. Indeed, We were to warn [mankind]."

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 44:3 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ad-Dukhaan (The Smoke), the 44th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 25.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 44:3?

Yes — there are 2 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud, Sahih al-Bukhari.

What tafsir is available for Quran 44:3?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 44:3 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Divine Revelation, Warning, Taqwa, Prophethood, Divine Will.

Ayah 2

وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ...

44:3Ad-Dukhaan

Ayah 4

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ...

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍۢ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ

Innaaa anzalnaahu fee lailatim mubaarakah; innaa kunnaa munzireen

Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night. Indeed, We were to warn [mankind].

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44:3Ayah 159

4 ayahs in Ad-Dukhaan are strongly about the Quran and revelation. This is one of them.

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Tafsir

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Indeed We revealed it on a blessed night the Night of Ordainment laylat al-qadr or the eve of the middle of Sha‘bān in which it was revealed from the Mother Book from the seventh heaven to the heaven of this world. Indeed We have been warning We have been causing people by it to have fear of God.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to us: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) on the seventeenth night of Ramadan, and on the twenty first night, and on the twenty-third night. He then kept silence.

Sahih al-Bukhari #2420Narrated Asma' bint Abu Bakr:Sahih

We were ordered to free slaves at the time of lunar eclipses.